Daveed Diggs

My mom is a white Jewish lady, and my dad is black. The cultures never seemed separate - I had a lot of mixed friends. When I was young, I identified with being Jewish, but I embraced my dad's side, too. ”

Being on stage, I know my function. I just do the thing. ”

That's the great thing about being a teenager. You think you're a genius. ”

I'm aware that not everybody gets that feeling of ease walking through the world that I have. ”

I felt so loved and taken care of, and that's a huge part of the reason I'm able to do what I do. ”

Daveed Diggs is a very nervous person. ”

Being an emcee onstage is mostly about crowd control, about monitoring energy levels. ”

I love that 'Black-ish' is a pretty traditional sitcom, structurally. It functions like the sitcoms from the '80s and '90s that I grew up with. ”

I've always gravitated toward technical music in general. I love jazz fusion. ”

Clipping is a very specific, concept-y thing. We have all these rules: we don't sample drums. We create all our own sounds. I don't speak in the first person. We come from a background of experimental music like John Cage... Philip Glass. ”